Where did the name "Max Payne" originate?

[TerminX]

Though this question has almost definitely been asked before, where did the name originate?

I noticed that actor James McCaffrey did the voice of Max Payne. What I also noticed is that James played the main character on the TV series "Viper," the main character whose name was Joseph Payne Astor.

Any correlation?

[Theseus314]

Originally the name was "Max Heat", but this sucked. So it was changed.

[MetallicAman_91]

I thought it came from "Maximum Pain"(just change pain to payne)

[Guest]

i know it has nothing to do with it but while playing GTA2 in the shop areas there was a drive thru called Max Paynt that was supposed to paint ur car a different color

[Guest]

actually, that may have had a connection. I think GTA2 was made by rockstar games(http://www.rockstargames.com). The same people who did the playstation port for max payne.

[MC Hammer]

There is no connection. They just ported it. The original title was Max Heat (kinda sounds like a porn doesnt it) so they changed it to Max Payne.

[sawn_off]

it is a porn. i don't know about real levels but i've seen some max heat porno mags lying around in backstreets 2

[sawn_off]

hey wait a minute! that was james mcaffery on viper? wow! whatever happened to that show anyway?

[Guest]

It got cancelled. You can still see it on the Scifi channel weekday afternoons.

[Guest]

Can't see him as payne tho, looks more like a clothes model.

[ 01-13-2002: Message edited by: aberge3 ]

[Guest]

http://www.geocities.com/mccaffrey2001/image001.jpg

There's a pic of the dude.

[Hole]

I only recently found out Payne is a real name.
There was some girl on TV, Sarah Payne I think, that was killed...hmm...
What a curse, to be called Payne and be killed...